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Irish reunification: the costs and other issues - many that haven't even been thought about
49 mins; April 10, 2024
Getting ready for war in Europe? Competing narrative fallacies about markets.
27 mins; April 07, 2024
Inflation falls again. But interest rates cut hopes fade. World economy fails to land - takes off instead.
31 mins; April 03, 2024
Is free trade always and everywhere a good thing? Get ready for the 2nd China shock - the first one gave us Trump, Brexit and the populist plague
36 mins; March 30, 2024
'I didn't leave Fine Gael, they left me'. In conversation with leading journalist Sarah Carey
34 mins; March 26, 2024
House prices firmly on the rise again. Leo exits.
37 mins; March 23, 2024
War in Gaza, Ukraine and....Sudan. Give every new born a ā‚¬5000 Global Equity ETF. First BoJ hike in 17 years
33 mins; March 20, 2024
Signs of an economic acceleration? What's wrong with 4 - 5% interest rates? Zero rates were caused by crisis - we need a dose of normal
34 mins; March 16, 2024
Are stock markets blowing another bubble? Are the comparisons with the dot.com era real or apparent?
32 mins; March 13, 2024
Bumper corporate profits consistent with a winner-takes-all world. The budget circus starts early
25 mins; March 11, 2024
The war on drugs: lost but still worth fighting? Trump's poll lead widens, Sinn Fein's narrows.
31 mins; March 08, 2024
The non-recession recession. Weak exports: isolated or canary in the coal-mine?
29 mins; March 03, 2024
Is Ireland in for a long period of no government? A good or bad thing? Banking needs much more competition.
41 mins; February 27, 2024
The Trifecta of dysfunction. House prices rise again. Could the next move in US interest rates be up?
34 mins; February 22, 2024
Biden's 'cognitive decline'. A conversation about staying well - or not - into old age with Professor of Neuroscience Shane O'Mara
38 mins; February 20, 2024
In conversation with one of our critics. Sort of. Engaging with people who think differently. With the emphasis on engagement
29 mins; February 18, 2024
What is RTE for? Why is Sinn Fein arguing for an amnesty for law breakers? Global politics, conspiracy theories and anti-Semitism.
36 mins; February 16, 2024
Inflation surprises of both kinds. Why target 2%? Why not 8%? Productivity growth - why it is so vital.
34 mins; February 14, 2024
Trump's isolationism is a dangerous mirage. Just ask Korea. Is Germany deindustrialising?
34 mins; February 12, 2024
Is the world economy re-accelerating? Populists politicians can't run a bath. All the latest data.
37 mins; February 08, 2024
Dr Strangelove returns? Dysfunction in Washington reaches new extremes. While the economy booms.
37 mins; February 04, 2024
Magical thinking everywhere: IMF forecasts, abolition of The Irish Sea Border and much else.
35 mins; January 30, 2024
Reasons to be cheerful - all things considered, we need them. Why are financial markets so exuberant?
34 mins; January 27, 2024
Authoritarian populists threaten to take over everywhere - including Ireland. Why?
37 mins; January 25, 2024
The Bitter Lessons of Brexit - they haven't gone away you know. Was Darwin wrong? Time for gold to shine?
29 mins; January 23, 2024
The return of Trump. Davos Concludes. Can we debate immigration rationally?
36 mins; January 20, 2024
Irish GDP to shrink for 2nd year? How stupid are financial markets? Graduates join the Trump party
35 mins; January 17, 2024
What you believe about economic growth is probably wrong - because we know surprisingly little about. And signs of slowing growth are, well, growing.
34 mins; January 13, 2024
China wants Taiwan - an important election approaches. Will Trump gift Ukraine and Taiwan? Latest inflation disappoints - markets react accordingly.
34 mins; January 08, 2024
Worst start to the year this century for stocks and bonds. Geopolitics to replace interest rates as main driver of markets?
34 mins; January 04, 2024
Looking backwards, looking forwards. What we got right and what we will get wrong.
37 mins; December 22, 2023
2024: The biggest election year in history?
36 mins; December 21, 2023
Three central banks, two very different messages on interest rates
32 mins; December 17, 2023
Is the housing correction over before its started? Lots of interest rate cuts now priced in - there could be lots of disappointment
42 mins; December 12, 2023
Wow! For once, some real good news: those weight loss drugs could be the real deal. And, potentially, even a bigger deal than even originally thought!
29 mins; December 10, 2023
Oh Canada! Jim promotes Ireland on a tour of the East Coast. Exchequer returns that say boom and GDP data that say recession.
31 mins; December 08, 2023
Lower inflation astonishes central bankers but comes as no surprise to everyone else. A week of obituaries.
33 mins; December 01, 2023
Trump, Orban, Meloni, Le Pen, Farage: the right unites around immigration
29 mins; November 28, 2023
Riots & unemployed young men. At a time of full employment. Tech & export weakness not (yet?) showing up in the jobs data
32 mins; November 25, 2023
Cry for Argentina. NIMBY's should vote for Sinn Fein. When will we declare the housing crisis over?
36 mins; November 20, 2023
Economies are weakening - latest data. Markets start to think that interest rates are already too high
31 mins; November 18, 2023
The 30 year war continues. History explains the latest battle. The Tories never disappoint.
37 mins; November 14, 2023
Cameron uncancelled. Rishi's change agenda unravels. Culture wars over?
38 mins; November 13, 2023
Why is everything in the UK so crap? Why is zero growth now a good outcome?
32 mins; November 12, 2023
The return of the Don: a 2nd term for Trump? What US autocracy might mean for the world
31 mins; November 09, 2023
Stolen Identity. Our new politics: good ideas taken to ludicrous and sinister extremes
36 mins; November 06, 2023
The end of the Corporation tax boom? Economies now slowing everywhere. More big moves in interest rates.
37 mins; November 04, 2023
Can Elon Musk upload himself? Is ChatGPT eating itself? What is consciousness? And so much more!
42 mins; November 02, 2023
GDP declines - so what? An interest rate cut looms on the horizon? What if oil goes to $200?
33 mins; November 01, 2023
The Rugby World Cup: the final. Where is the game now? And look forward to Leinster's season
34 mins; October 30, 2023
Catastrophic cyber attack within the next year? Floods, climate change & the limits of government intervention.
37 mins; October 26, 2023
Israel, Gaza & talking past each other. Too many historians are talking about 1914. And more Fed and ECB criticism
32 mins; October 24, 2023
Rugby World Cup semis: a good advert for rugby? Nathan Johns of the Irish Times takes us through all the actions and all of the issues
33 mins; October 23, 2023
The world is more anti-Semitic than it is prepared to admit: discuss. And disagree. A lot.
38 mins; October 20, 2023
Podcast Special! A deep dive into Budget 2024, recorded at an Octabuild Webinar.
66 hours 26 mins; October 17, 2023
The world becomes ever more dangerous. Joining dots from Ukraine to Azerbaijan to Israel to Taiwan: how bad will it get?
34 mins; October 16, 2023
Luck, opposition moments of brilliance and a couple of Irish errors: these are the tiny margins
33 mins; October 16, 2023
Budget 2024, US & Irish inflation and the Middle East
32 mins; October 13, 2023
Israel & war: more storm clouds. ESRI adds economic reasons for caution. US jobs market miracle?
35 mins; October 09, 2023
Ireland demolish Scotland: Nathan Johns of the Irish Times discusses the weekend's Rugby World Cup
28 mins; October 09, 2023
Fairness, inequality and redistribution. Many of us think we live in a 'winner takes all world'. Yet the clamour for redistribution remains muted.
49 mins; October 07, 2023
Does the world have brain damage? Neuroscientist Prof. Shane O'Mara discussions right brain problems and is a lot more optimistic than Chris & Jim
35 mins; October 04, 2023
Ireland: Brexit's biggest beneficiary? Farage close to complete takeover of UK Tories. EU house prices show chunky falls.
35 mins; October 03, 2023
The gathering storm: should the budget be cancelled? Oil prices and bond yields going up, again, are economy killers.
33 mins; September 29, 2023
More Irish people than ever: a very good thing. J P Morgan boss muses about 7% interest rates: a vey bad thing
37 mins; September 27, 2023
Did Ireland deserve to beat S. Africa? Nathan Johns of the Irish Times takes us through the vital stats
29 mins; September 25, 2023
Big moves in financial markets as the 'higher for longer' interest rate narrative takes hold. We call BS.
35 mins; September 23, 2023
The Irish Economy: still growing but slowing. Finance Minister for a day. UK big inflation surprise
33 mins; September 20, 2023
Rugby World Cup - latest episode with Nathan Johns of the Irish Times.
28 mins; September 19, 2023
Oil heading towards $100 may mean the good news on inflation is over. With more bad news on interest rates to come.
34 mins; September 17, 2023
A radical suggestion for budget 2024: cut taxes for the under 35s. Another ECB mistake in the offing? Dynamic beer pricing has arrived.
30 mins; September 13, 2023
Is this the beginning of the end of the (corporation) tax boom? The most intensely political budget looms
34 mins; September 09, 2023
The Rugby World Cup Begins! A belter of an opening match followed by almost two months of the ultimate rugby festival.
28 mins; September 07, 2023
A neuroscientist and an economist walk into a bar
41 mins; September 06, 2023
Inflation falls - then rises because of official policy measures to boost prices. Followed by budget 2024 measures to mitigate the cost of living crisis
27 mins; September 01, 2023
Abolish planning laws to cure housing crisis? Lessons from bombing London. Monetary dinosaurs spotted in Germany.
28 mins; August 30, 2023
Unemployment cured, Irish style. EU slips into recession? The UK is not London.
33 mins; August 26, 2023
China: it's getting serious. What does it mean for the world?
28 mins; August 23, 2023
Bond market crash - why this is so important. China crisis? Our ignorance about inflation.
33 mins; August 20, 2023
More dystopian fiction from the ITimes. UK inflation horrors. Italian anti-business right-wing politics.
31 mins; August 17, 2023
Truthiness, populism and stochastic parrots. Think you know how your brain works? Neuroscientist Professor Shane O'Mara takes us through the exciting and fascinating developments in how we think.
46 mins; August 14, 2023
Why not spend the ā‚¬65bn on social housing? Should we rescue people from their financial folly? Biden builds on Trump's policies.
33 mins; August 12, 2023
Ireland and the BBC. Banks deserve everything they are about to get. China deflates?
31 mins; August 09, 2023
Mortgage rates and savings rates: banks go for the better PR. Are their mega profits sustainable?
28 mins; August 05, 2023
Turbulence over Dublin Airport. EV sales take off but might lose power.
29 mins; August 02, 2023
A much bigger story than RTE goes unreported. Lots of economic data confuses more than it clarifies
34 mins; July 30, 2023
Big week for interest rates, but is the peak getting further away with recent rises in commodity prices? Global economic data is painting a very mixed picture.
32 mins; July 26, 2023
Is Putin trying to get your mortgage rate up? Food prices under threat again. China is caught between a rock and a hard place.
33 mins; July 23, 2023
Ireland booms or just avoids recession? Falling exports - technical or threat to growth and public finances?
33 mins; July 20, 2023
Has Ryan Tubridy done the nation a great service? If inflation is coming back down all on its own, why raise interest rates? The UK is literally getting sick.
35 mins; July 17, 2023
If central bankers get their way, your house price could fall - perhaps by a lot. The many mysteries of modern economics.
33 mins; July 07, 2023
Ireland's embarrassment of riches? Tax revenues explode in the first half of 2023. What to do with them?
27 mins; July 05, 2023
RTE, celebrity pay and hopeless governance. Bidenomics: some surprising consequences. The usual suspects tell McGrath not to cut taxes. He will ignore them. .
34 mins; July 02, 2023
Interest rates start to bite. House prices, obviously, but also in some unexpected places. UK water companies just one example - plenty of others.
33 mins; June 30, 2023
Seven years on from the Brexit referendum. Still as controversial as ever, despite the evidence saying there is no controversy. Dealing with complexity in a world that excludes experts.
48 mins; June 28, 2023
The UK: in a deep hole and still digging. The riskiness of the mortgage. Brexit: Good for Ireland?
34 mins; June 24, 2023
Fretting over Irish inflation completely misses the point of the Euro? Things could be worse: UK has much lower trend growth, much higher core inflation - stagflation nation.
34 mins; June 22, 2023
Chat GPT skills now needed for entry level finance jobs. Extraordinary times for a few US companies. Gas prices spike - hopefully only for a short while
30 mins; June 17, 2023
Ukraine floods, Putin waits for Trump. Broken windows policing - why we are paying the price for Obama's inaction.
28 mins; June 10, 2023
Is the housing crisis solvable? How much is it to do with a population that has nearly doubled? Will S. County Dublin have to be told to add an extra three stories?
26 mins; June 08, 2023
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